A Moral Vindicator Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA| If Mr Jones Lycurgus B | A |
| Had one peculiar quality | A |
| 'Twas his severe advocacy | A |
| Of conjugal fidelity | A |
| - | |
| His views of heaven were very free | A |
| His views of life were painfully | A |
| Ridiculous but fervently | A |
| He dwelt on marriage sanctity | A |
| - | |
| He frequently went on a spree | A |
| But in his wildest revelry | A |
| On this especial subject he | A |
| Betrayed no ambiguity | A |
| - | |
| And though at times Lycurgus B | A |
| Did lay his hands not lovingly | A |
| Upon his wife the sanctity | A |
| Of wedlock was his guaranty | A |
| - | |
| But Mrs Jones declined to see | A |
| Affairs in the same light as he | A |
| And quietly got a decree | A |
| Divorcing her from that L B | A |
| - | |
| And what did Jones Lycurgus B | A |
| With his known idiosyncrasy | A |
| He smiled a bitter smile to see | A |
| And drew the weapon of Bowie | A |
| - | |
| He did what Sickles did to Key | A |
| What Cole on Hiscock wrought did he | A |
| In fact on persons twenty three | A |
| He proved the marriage sanctity | A |
| - | |
| The counselor who took the fee | A |
| The witnesses and referee | A |
| The judge who granted the decree | A |
| Died in that wholesale butchery | A |
| - | |
| And then when Jones Lycurgus B | A |
| Had wiped the weapon of Bowie | A |
| Twelve jurymen did instantly | A |
| Acquit and set Lycurgus free | A |
Bret Harte
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